January 2006

The much awaited February Collection will soon be revealed - we are working furiously behind the scenes tonight and by midnight tomorrow it will be ready!

A last minute sneak - Tags by the gorgeous Suz - ala Designing with Fabric style

I will tell you now though - February Addictions are already sold out sorry :( So there are no more I want it alls left either - unless you want a different collection of ribbons - matching but different to the ones that will be on site - Let me know - Just email me direct or put a comment in your order.

Any questions? I' m here now for some time - this is my favourite manic time of the month - nearly as much fun as unpacking the boxes and packing the pizzas and cutting the ribbons - I love my job :)

Today I received 12 boxes of stock from three different suppliers - the lounge room an hr ago looked like a mini warehouse but all is packed away now and counted :) I am happy to say some wonderful people have moved mountains to get more stock for my February collection. So as much as I love to be sold out - I hope I now have enough to keep you all happy.

But this is not a Tarisota weekend in our house - Its Chinese New Year - and we try to celebrate it in our own way. I think family is about about tradition - I have many that i have created over the years - I should do an album on them someday :)

Chinese New Year we have family and friends over for a huge feast I cook all day while they sit and drink and eat and chat - we so look forward to it. Every year everyone says you should let us help - but I really dont want them to. It's my way of saying thank you to the people who are important to me and to prepare for a happy year for us all . It's the one thing i do and I enjoy it - Its actually nice to be in the kitchen watching everyone laughing and enjoying and eating till they can eat no more :-) .The girls this year are just beginning to understand and have been hassling me all week about what food am I cooking. They've been making lots of suggestions - so cute I look forward to the years when they are cooking beside me for real - not just kinda helping :) . Tomorrow I will take them to the Asian grocers to let them help me choose lanterns and decorations for the table.(Shh I know I should make them... Ill fold serviettes and I am making a necklace now as I type literally, LOL is that enough?).

Sunday we will visit my mother -in law at the temple and join in the festivities there.

The flower pics in my original were from Anne Langpaps - digital kit - You can buy them at 2 peas - or else just use your Lil Davis Foam stamps from your Jan collection - as I did on every second page. - there is a very cute flower in there - different colour inks paints - and a fine liner pen - You can get some great effects.

Today is our 12 year wedding anniversary - When I look back at the photos I think oh my goodness so young!

We went to dinner tonight in Broadbeach -alone and we talked about what the last 12 years have been( doesn't happen often) It was lovely -( despite the cricket being turned off part way through so he couldn't sneak a look at the score - I txted friends to get an update for him :)

I know I am lucky when I hear others stories - Its not a perfect life - Someone who shall remain nameless often accuses me of having a perfect blog -I'll have you all know it's not PERFECT - I don't even know what perfect is? - some days are downright trying - I'd repeat the conversation he and I had last night over why I had to be at work all day Sunday when I had already worked 3 weeks of my holidays and been in for a good chunk of Saturday but let's not go there - I tell ya there was nothing perfect in that conversation - but you know seriously it's all good.

Richard mantra for marriage is - a happy wife - is a happy life - He truly believes it and lives it every day - NOW provided he continues to keep that mantra in his heart we will have another 12 years ahead of us ! :) - and if he ditches me - He is fabulous catch if you don't mind watching alot of cricket - Hey and I did get roses and maccas coffee today too - he has changed his run circuit so he can go via the markets and buy flowers on his way home - Gotta love that - Gotta take a photo one of these days.

It's been a full 12 years - I like that about us - Our lives are so full - we do so much- we have so many blessings - we have no serious regrets. What more can you want?

Thank you to everyone who emails me to tell me the collections have arrived! I love hearing :)

All credit cards now processed - wow - for those of you who were waiting - what fun I have had this month :0

I do have one Jan Obsession left if anyone wants it :)

Suz is working on the Feb pictures - they are so gorgeous - soooo gorgeous. - a few more sleeps till sneak peeks on site - you should have seen the prop list I gave her LOL Poor Suz - nearly resigned on the spot- but shes managed to scrummage it all up - and more :)

I've been shopping :) My long term subbers who resubbed - you know who you are - I have got you the absolute cutest presents ever ! So so so cute. :) Went to bumblebee on Wednesday night. I love to get there just to touch stuff:)

Any other teachers out there - :( back to work for real now isn't it? Kiddly winks arrive on Monday - Though I feel like I've been back forever - I had the dubious honour of sharing the load of timetabling this year - hmm that's been a huge learning curve - and so creative - NOT data data data -and you all know how accurate I am when it comes to typing roflolol

I have three big scrap projects to get on with this weekend - So my head is going to be down and working ( not to mention a certain Year 8 ICT unit to write shhh LOL)- Guess which one wont happen - ummm ahhhh?

Apparently my simple planner has arrived YAY YAY YAY- I signed up for Donna's Big Picture class - three out of four weeks have gone - have I even logged on? let alone scrapped? What on earth was I thinking?

In the manic back to school,pack/post the collections, order new ones, receiving reminder emails about overdue Dt work eeek ( sorry ) that is my life at the moment I took a few hours out and went to see The Producers tonight

Its so funny. I am not sure what I was expecting - but definitely a funny feel good laugh make you leave time behind for a while.

Cant wait to see

Narnia

and

Memoirs of a Geisha

and I think not sure but think I want to see Brokeback Mountain - is that what its called?? So much hype

Well thats three and considering I have only been to the movies three times in the last 12 months I would say its highly unlikely I'll see all of them

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